short interspersed elements

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short interspersed elements [′shȯrt ‚in·tər‚spərst ′el·ə·məns]

(genetics)

Families of short deoxyribonucleic acid sequences that are individually inserted abundantly throughout the genome in mammals and other taxons; the 300-base-pair Alu short interspersed elements make up about 5% of the human genome. Abbreviated SINES.

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No references found			Determination of the phylogenetic relationships among Pacific salmonids by using short interspersed elements (SINEs) as temporal landmarks of evolution. Recent activity of the retrotransposable B2 element in hamsters and ... by Katakowski, Joseph A.; Kass, David H. / Michigan Academician			Shorin, Aleksandr Fedorovich Shorin, Vasilii Shorin, Vasilii Grigorevich Shorin, Vasilii Ivanovich shoring shoring layout Shorsu short short antenna short arc short brace short card Short Circuit short code short column short division Short Duration Failure short file names Short Film short flashing light short fuse short haul Short Hoggers of Whittinghame Short Hundredweight short ink short interspersed elements short leg Short Message Service short nipple short oil Short Parliament short radius short residuum short round short run short shipment short shot short shrift short stop Short Story short supply short takeoff and landing short takeoff and landing aircraft short ton short varnish short wave short waveguide isolator short waves short word short working plaster Short, Bobby			Short hedge Short Hedges Short Hedging Short Herbage and Scattered Faeces Short history of the Daleks Short Hoggers of Whittinghame Short Hold Mode Short Holding Time Short Hop Double Laser Short Horn Zebu short hundredweight short hundredweight Short I Short in Front Long in Back Short in front, long in back short increment sensitivity index short increment sensitivity index short increment sensitivity index short increment sensitivity index short increment sensitivity index short increment sensitivity index Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire Short inhibiting DNA short ink Short Inter-Frame Space short interest short interest Short interest ratio Short interest theory Short Interframe Space short interspersed elements Short interspersed nuclear element Short Interspersed Nuclear Element Sequence Class Short interspersed nucleotide elements Short interspersed nucleotide elements Short interspersed nucleotide elements Short Interval Production Schedule Short Interval Successive Partial Hepatectomy short iron Short Jacket short jenny Short Job Focused Training short keep Short Landing Short Latency Nonprimary Responses Short Latency Stretch Reflex Short Latency Visual Evoked Potential Short Leap Shared Protection Short Leap Shared Protection for spare capacity Re-Allocation short leg short leg short leg Short Leg Cast Short Leg Walking Cast Short Legs Short Legs Short Legs short letter short letter Short Life Food Tray Short Life Memorandum

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